Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
SENECA THE YOUNGEROf war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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Men learn while they teach.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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